Whirlpool dryer pilot ignition system

What era of dryer is that part for? Does anyone know?

I recently acquired a 1965 Kenmore 800 gas dryer which is absolutely pristine and probably almost unused. This is the older style machine with the belt-driven blower. There's a little bit of lint in the screen, but the machine is so unused that there are not even any lint screen wear marks in the lint chute, let alone any wear of any kind in the drum.

It's a gas dryer so I'm wondering what may be wrong with it (if anything) as it came from the backlot of a used appliance store. I have thought that perhaps the ignitor might be bad as I've seen some old posts here about them being finicky and/or unreliable.

There could be nothing wrong with the dryer at all, I won't know until I dig into it which won't happen until after the holidays, but if any component of the gas system in that era of dryer is prone to fail, I'd like to get a parts supply for it.

Any suggestions you all might have would be welcome!

Have a good week everybody!

Gordon


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Post# 318774 12/8/2008 at 09:15 (5,617 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Checkrate/Likes Anyone need this?

Post# 318787 , Reply# 1 12/8/2008 at 10:58 (5,616 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)
Checkrate/Likes What era of dryer is that part for? Does anyone know? I recently acquired a 1965 Kenmore 800 gas dryer which is absolutely pristine and probably almost unused. This is the older style machine with the belt-driven blower. There's a little bit of lint in the screen, but the machine is so unused that there are not even any lint screen wear marks in the lint chute, let alone any wear of any kind in the drum. It's a gas dryer so I'm wondering what may be wrong with it (if anything) as it came from the backlot of a used appliance store. I have thought that perhaps the ignitor might be bad as I've seen some old posts here about them being finicky and/or unreliable. There could be nothing wrong with the dryer at all, I won't know until I dig into it which won't happen until after the holidays, but if any component of the gas system in that era of dryer is prone to fail, I'd like to get a parts supply for it. Any suggestions you all might have would be welcome! Have a good week everybody! Gordon

Post# 318914 , Reply# 2 12/8/2008 at 21:43 (5,616 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA)
Checkrate/Likes I don't think that is the correct burner assembly for a Kenmore dryer. I have never seen this style burner in a Whirlpool or Kenmore dryer. Kenmore's almost always used electric ignition, and the one shown is a pilot type burner.

Post# 318983 , Reply# 3 12/9/2008 at 09:44 (5,616 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Checkrate/Likes I'm not sure where it came from, thought it was whirlpool, but maybe not. This is later than the 50's, probably 70's?